Mission Statement

The Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance (SAACA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, expansion and creation of Arts and Culture in Southern Arizona. SAACA exists to ensure that, through engagement in arts and cultur... Read more

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Mission Statement

The Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance (SAACA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, expansion and creation of Arts and Culture in Southern Arizona.

SAACA exists to ensure that, through engagement in arts and culture, our communities produce strong, inspired citizens. SAACA enlists artists, businesses, governments and individuals to expand artistic and cultural opportunities in their respective communities. We believe that economic development and the arts go hand in hand - they cannot exist without the other.

To enhance access to the arts and to promote cultural awareness in the communities it serves, SAACA presents large-scale festivals, events and other collaborative and cross sector programming. The Alliance also promotes educational opportunities in the arts and culture for both the young and the old. The organization seeks to preserve and expand the arts in Southern Arizona in order to effectively advocate for a permanent public funding stream for the arts in Southern Arizona.

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We exist because we know that the arts are a powerful vehicle for communication, a way to express ideas that are beyond the capacity of words and a medium for cultural enlightenment. We support the arts because we know that it changes lives. It can change your mood, reality and existence... if you let it in. We know that art matters because every day we hear the stories from people of all ages of how our efforts have affected their lives in a positive manner. We will continue to strive to preserve the arts, because we know art can produce a community of stronger, more inspired and conscious individuals. SAACA represents a group of individuals, businesses, government entities and artists dedicated to promoting, sustaining and advancing the arts everywhere around us.